Hammered brass is my take. But I'm the one who thought it looked like pewter. Nuremberg has been coming up in something I've been trying to...
Thought Toscanini was famous for his conducting, not composing.
Welcome, Judy. The staff of the British Museum are lovely about getting back to you, although it can take several weeks. What did you ask them?...
from the Lupases To the Snelkins?
They are not Not Ivory.
I don't have a whole lot to add. I'm with @bluumz on age; probably 50s-60s. It looks like an attractively made ring, a good size, very pretty...
Looks like a labrys.
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In pix this looks more like pewter. Is it more gold colored in person? And how does Nuremberg come into it?
Did you follow Can you help']the link Roaring20s provided[/URL]? You can see what there is of a signature & the inscription on the back dates it...
Pewter is primarily tin. According to this: https://www.xometry.com/resources/materials/what-is-pewter/ Originally, pewter was a 70% tin and...
Your camera is annoyingly focusing on the jersey knit in the background & leaving the beads in the foreground fuzzy. I'm starting to wonder...
If it were me doing this, I would treat them like pearls & knot them onto silk bead cord. You use the heaviest weight the smallest bead hole will...
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"The sheet is an alloy of 55 percent lead and 45 percent tin, both easily pliable, soft metals. Both metals occur in great abundance in Britain...
Lead is an elemental metal. Pewter is an alloy that used to contain lead. The Koinon paper 2manybooks turned up is really exciting, even in...
Glass, in all probability Czech, between the world wars. She belongs to a genre that began to appear in the very late 19th century & that...
Shell is calcium carbonate. No vinegar, please!
Coral was my first impression, but I see all the cues for conch. Without knowing the color accurately, I'm just guessing.
Having looked at the results of a search for 'lead gnostic amulet', I think a numismatist or an antiquarian would find the lack of any corrosion a...
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